Webster Police Investigating Reported Axe Attack

Not many details have been released, but THE LAKE 940 has learned Webster Police are investigating a reported attack with an axe in town on Monday. WHDH-TV reports the domestic incident happened on Brookside Avenue just after midnight, leaving 2 people with serious injuries. The Worcester District Attorney’s Office is assisting with the investigation.  As…

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Boston’s Bozo The Clown, Frank Avruch Has Died

Even if you didn’t grow up in this area, you’ll probably remember seeing Frank Avruch on television in the ’60s and ’70s.  You may not have known his name, but you knew who he was.  Boston’s own Bozo The Clown worked at Channel 5 (WCVB-TV) for more than 40 years. In an online interview Avruch once…

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Remembering The Blizzard Of 1978 – 40 Years Later

THE LAKE 940 AUDIO:  Meteorologist Mark Rosenthal chats with Mike Roberts on the 40th Anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978. This week, residents of Webster (who are old enough) will remember exactly where they were 40 years ago.  February 6th and 7th, 1978 when the “Great Blizzard of ’78” hit New England.  It paralyzed the…

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